Short CV

Linda van Leijenhorst is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Leiden University in 2010 and spent 18 months as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) before moving back to Leiden in 2011.

Research

Linda's research is centered around the question how the ability to control our thoughts and behaviour changes with development, and how this development relates to changes in brain function and structure. She examines these questions in children, adolescents and young adults using behavioral as well as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) methods. Her current research aims to elucidate the development of reading comprehension in relation to brain development.

Awards

• 2010 UCLA Brain Research Institute Postdoctoral Scholars Travel Award ($ 500)

Grants

• 2014 NWO Talent Grant (with Paul van den Broek & Marcella Pavias) voor AiO positie
• 2011 LIBC Starting Grant (€ 50.000)
• 2010 NWO RUBICON grant for postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, USA (€ 44.620)
• 2008 Leiden University Fund Travel Grant, to present at both the CNS (Cognitive Neuroscience Society) and SRA (Society for Research on Adolescence) meetings and visit the Poldrack Lab at UCLA, USA (€ 1500)
• 2004 Grants to support research internship at UC Davis, USA 
  Bekker-la Bastide fonds (€ 1000) 
  Dr. Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch fonds (€ 1000) 
  AUV fonds (€ 1000)

Relevant links

• www.brainandeducationlab.nl
• www.linkedin.com/in/lindavanleijenhorst

PHd candidates

• Anne Helder
• Josefine Karlsson
• Marcella Pavias

See Dutch profile Linda van Leijenhorst

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